International Music Talent Competition Spring 2019
The American Protégé International Music Talent Competition is open to all instrumentalists (piano, winds, strings, brass, traditional, etc.), vocalists and traditional folk and jazz groups of all nationalities and countries. Participants are required to submit video recording materials for the audition. American Protégé is looking for genuinely talented people, who have creativity and stage charisma.
We invite talented performers of any age and genre to participate in the Competition.
All applicants who are signed with the manager or producer must submit via email a General Representation and Release Form signed by the Manager/Producer to be eligible for the Competition.
Awards
Winners performed at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Winners Concerts will take place on
- Sunday, May 12, 2019
- Saturday, May 25, 2019
- Saturday, December 14, 2019
- Sunday, December 15, 2019
Star Performer Award, Judges’ Favorite Award Trophy, Judges’ Distinction Award Trophy and other Special Awards may be granted based on the judges recommendations.
Judges
Three qualified judges evaluate audition materials. All judges are independent, their students are not allowed to apply this season.
International Music Talent Competition Spring 2019 Results:
Judges’ Distinction (Plaque Trophy) Award Winners
Claire Chiow is twelve years old from California. She loves performing arts. She has been to numerous operas, concerts, musicals, and ballets since she was little. Besides piano, she also plays cello and flute. Claire is the winner of many piano competitions such as US New Star, SYMF, MTAC Keyboard Festival, LA Young Pianist, Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition, and Rachmaninoff International Youth Piano Competition. She is a figure skater and also plays hockey for her school team. When she has time, she likes to read, code, or play badminton with her dad. Her favorite subjects in school are Math and French.
Lixuan Wang was born in Beijing China. When she was 5 years old, she had the first experience as a pianist on stage, and won the 2nd prize in Red Star National Piano Competition. In 2013, she won the first prize in Beijing Piano Music Festival, and played in the winners concert. In 2014, she won the first prize in the National Youth Music Talent Competition in China. During the year of the competition, she had masterclasses with Andrzej Jasnski, Klause Baessler, and Wojciech Świtała. In the year of 2017, She won first prizes in major piano competitions in China.
Selina Yu Chen is a freshman at Saratoga High School, California. She has been playing Guzheng (Chinese Harp) for eight years. She passed the Central Conservatory of Music’s performance level with honor and took first place in the 34th Taiwanese and Chinese Athletic Tournament Traditional Music Competition. She has performed in numerous occasions, from California Theatre and San Jose Centre of Performing Arts to senior centers and cultural fairs.
| Music Talent Competition Spring 2019 Winners | ||
| Name, Instrument | Age | City, state, Country |
| First Place Winners | ||
| John Han, piano | 6 | Great Neck, NY |
| Student of Yoojung Kim | ||
| Cameron Renshaw, cello | 7 | Byron Center, MI |
| Student of Tina Renshaw | ||
| Edward Pevzner, piano | 7 | Carmichael, CA |
| Student of Tanya Vegvary | ||
| Felice Kirana Auria Candra, piano | 7 | Surabaya, Indonesia |
| Student of Sienny Debora Pek Sien | ||
| Simon Shaham, piano | 7 | New York, NY |
| Student of Dr. Yoojung Kim | ||
| Anmi Fujii, violin | 8 | Singapore |
| Student of Andrea Lin | ||
| Sheryl Tan, piano | 9 | Singapore |
| Student of Angel Ang | ||
| Wenzhang Vazquez, piano | 9 | Buffalo, NY |
| Student of Dr. Violet Arakelova | ||
| Amber Lin, piano | 10 | Irvine, CA |
| Student of Dr. Judy Huang | ||
| Ashley Rui En Ng, piano | 12 | Singapore |
| Student of Christine Gan Siew Hui | ||
| Brian (Jaehyeon) Chun, cello | 12 | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Student of Jennifer (Jeehyoun) | ||
| Camila Blank, violin | 12 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Alexander Kalman | ||
| Claire Chiow, piano | 12 | Temple City, CA |
| Student of Yvonne Chen | ||
| Damien Rocco Weber, Voice | 12 | Singapore |
| Student of Dylan Foster | ||
| Iris Cai, piano | 12 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Hang Li | ||
| Joseph Darcourt, cello | 12 | Merrick, NY |
| Student of John Popham | ||
| Mia Nagai, piano | 12 | Pasadena, CA |
| Student of Lily Chen | ||
| Pinn Mahasaranond, piano | 12 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Student of Dr. Pornphan Banternghansa and Dr. Christopher Janwong Mckiggan | ||
| Yixi Kuang, piano | 12 | Monterey Park, CA |
| Student of Lin Liu | ||
| George Margono, piano | 13 | Surabaya, Indonesia |
| Student of Sienny Debora Pek Sien | ||
| Lixuan Wang, piano | 13 | Beijing, China |
| Student of Huawei Wu | ||
| Aiden Tang, piano | 14 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Wang Jia | ||
| Alex Hu, piano | 14 | League City, TX |
| Student of Ying Zhang | ||
| Anika Veda, Flute | 14 | Palatine, IL |
| Student of Hideko Amano | ||
| Edward ChaoYu Mo, piano | 14 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Student of Dr. Tian Song | ||
| Louisa Pang, violin | 14 | Wahroonga, Australia |
| Student of Yong Yang | ||
| Selina Yu Chen, guzheng | 14 | Saratoga, CA |
| Student of Chiffon Fu | ||
| Seoyeon Cho, violin | 14 | Seongnam-si, South Korea |
| Student of Sunny Lee | ||
| Claire Lewis, piano | 15 | San Marcos, CA |
| Student of Inessa Litvin | ||
| Erin Kim, cello | 15 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Student of Jonathan Koh | ||
| Eurie Seo, violin | 15 | Danville, CA |
| Student of Ju-Yi Peng | ||
| Wenyu Shi, piano | 15 | Shanghai, China |
| Student of Dr. Tian Song | ||
| Iris Zhang, guzheng | 16 | Ellicott City, MD |
| Student of Bing Xia | ||
| Jessica Zhang Zhang, piano | 16 | Tempe, AZ |
| Student of Hong Zhu | ||
| Kayla Silverman, Voice | 16 | Weston, MA |
| Student of Bronwen Upton | ||
| Patrick Bai, piano | 16 | Boston, MA |
| Student of Deborah Nemko and Charles Clements | ||
| Jeremy Huang, piano | 17 | Cupertino, CA |
| Student of Amy Huang | ||
| Livia Stefani, violin | 17 | Corciano, Italy |
| Student of Maurizio Sciarretta | ||
| Jeehyun Park, violin | 23 | New York, NY |
| Student of Lucie Robert and Nam Yun Kim | ||
| Wei-Ling Hu, violin | 24 | Baltimore, MD |
| Student of Keng-Yuen Tseng | ||
| Sonya Serenia, piano | 25 | Surabaya, Indonesia |
| Student of Sienny Debora Pek Sien | ||
| Wei-Tzu Wang, bassoon | 26 | East Lansing, MI |
| Student of Michael Kroth | ||
| Hyejin Lee, violin | 34 | Carrollton, TX |
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Emily Suh, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Lauren Suh, piano | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Angela Wu | ||
| Sextet: | ||
| Ethan Diep, cello | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Brandon Diep, cello | 12 | San Diego, CA |
| Mina Mandegar, cello | 14 | Poway, CA |
| Ryan Li, cello | 16 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Lu-Yan Guo | ||
| Lucy Mandegar, violin | 13 | Poway, CA |
| Student of Fei-Fei Soong | ||
| Howard Kung, alto saxophone | 16 | Escondido, CA |
| String Duo: | ||
| Annie Fang, viola | 14 | La Jolla, CA |
| Perry Fang, cello | 16 | La Jolla, CA |
| Students of Ramon Negron Perez | ||
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Andrew Gao, piano | 15 | San Diego, CA |
| Eric Lin, piano | 14 | San Diego, CA |
| Students of Tatiana Stignev | ||
| Second Place Winners | ||
| Xinyi Zhang, piano | 7 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Haiwa Ye | ||
| Amartya Paul, piano | 8 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Kia Portafekas | ||
| Caleb Lim, piano | 8 | Singapore |
| Student of Angela Ang | ||
| Elaine Huang, piano | 8 | New York, NY |
| Student of Agnes Kim | ||
| Aeneas Yu, piano | 9 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Peyhwan Kuan | ||
| Rhea Fan, piano | 9 | Albuquerque, NM |
| Student of Tatyana Bayliyeva | ||
| Nithin Kota, piano | 10 | Frederick, MD |
| Student of Vivian Kwok | ||
| Aimi Fujii, piano | 11 | Singapore |
| Student of Karen Wong | ||
| Benjamin Gong, cello | 11 | Belmont, MA |
| Student of Allison Eldredge | ||
| Minna Fu, piano | 11 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Dr. Claire Chen | ||
| Tran Pham Bao Ngoc, piano | 11 | Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Student of Doan Hoang Khanh Linh | ||
| Vinca Lu, piano | 11 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Alexander Vereshagin | ||
| Calix Xia, piano | 12 | Bethesda, MD |
| Student of Aglaia Koras | ||
| Jeffrey Shen, piano | 12 | Suwanee, GA |
| Student of Yongxu Ye | ||
| Jonathan Lin, piano | 12 | Olmsted TWP, OH |
| Student of Esther Chu | ||
| Rui En Koh, violin | 12 | Singapore |
| Student of Prof. Wan Har Yah | ||
| Angie Hou, piano | 13 | La Jolla, CA |
| Student of Hua Wang | ||
| Kaity Lee, Flute | 13 | Muttontown, NY |
| Student of Min Jung Moon | ||
| Megan Apostol, piano | 13 | San Diego, CA |
| Student of Rowena Asuncion | ||
| Sabine Bechtiger, violin | 13 | St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| Student of Dmitry Mishelovich and Emilian Dascal | ||
| Aiden Tang, violin | 14 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Student of Amy Liu | ||
| Caitlyn Tablada, piano | 14 | New York, NY |
| Student of Yoojung Kim | ||
| Jakub Maciej Jeżak, vibraphone | 14 | Poznań, Poland |
| Student of Łukasz Berlin | ||
| Jocelyn Hao, piano | 14 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Hyun Park | ||
| Matthew Lin, piano | 14 | Wantagh, NY |
| Student of Yuka Yoshino | ||
| Arya Balian, Voice | 15 | Chevy Chase, MD |
| Student of Vagharshak Ohanyan | ||
| Evan Cheng Cheng, violin | 15 | Syosset, NY |
| Student of Laura Broverman | ||
| Jaewoo Chung, violin | 15 | Potomac, MD |
| Student of Peter Sirotin | ||
| Katie Carlson, piano | 15 | Jacksonville, FL |
| Yash Vij, Piano | 15 | Union City, CA |
| Student of Helen Lee | ||
| Aimee Feng, piano | 16 | Great Falls, VA |
| Student of Anna Ouspenskaya | ||
| Janie Lin, piano | 16 | Glen Allen, VA |
| Student of Yifei Sun | ||
| Merry Jiao, piano | 15 | Arcadia, CA |
| Student of Dr. Chun-Yi Wang | ||
| Abby Liu, piano | 17 | Chandler, AZ |
| Bella Victoria Boedihardjo, piano | 17 | Surabaya, Indonesia |
| Student of Sienny Debora Pek Sien | ||
| Thalia Liu, piano | 17 | Chandler, AZ |
| Maria-Emma Airapetian, voice | 22 | Brighton, MA |
| Student of Victoria Avetisyan | ||
| Melissa Catherine, piano | 22 | Surabaya, Indonesia |
| Student of Sienny Debora Pek Sien | ||
| Li-Tsu Tsao, cello | 23 | East Lansing, MI |
| Seulji Kim, piano | 24 | Kearney, NE |
| Student of Jayoung Hong | ||
| Domenico Petruzziello, violin | Palermo, Italy | |
| Piano Duo/Four Hands: | ||
| Alex Moon, piano | 16 | Potomac, MD |
| Audrey Li, piano | 17 | Potomac, MD |
| Students of Hyun Park | ||
| Trio: Two Cellos and Piano | ||
| Olivia Yao, cello | 10 | Boyds, MD |
| Student of Ning Wang and Meizhi Lin | ||
| Abigail Yo, cello | 12 | Boyds, MD |
| Student of Ning Wang and Yeji Lee | ||
| Caleb Su, piano | 11 | Boyds, MD |
| Student of Ning Wang and Meizhi Lin | ||
| Third Place Winners | ||
| Son Tung Nguyen, piano | 5 | Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Student of Hoang Khanh Linh Doan | ||
| Olivia Ling Lim, piano | 6 | Petaling Jaya, Malaysia |
| Student of Shuenda Wong | ||
| Ruiduo Ae, piano | 6 | Petaling Jaya, Malaysia |
| Student of Shuenda Wong | ||
| Max Yu, violin | 10 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Yang Xu | ||
| Opal Thompson, piano | 10 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Yoojung Kim | ||
| Sophia (ZiXiang) Zhang, piano | 10 | Belmont, MA |
| Student of Shi Jia | ||
| Sarah Chun, violin | 10 | Tenafly, NJ |
| Student of Hanna Shin | ||
| Sara Agrawal, piano | 11 | Watertown, MA |
| Student of Rebecca Helm | ||
| Nicholas Vlasto, piano | 12 | Rye, NY |
| Student of Irena Portenko | ||
| Sofia Kim, piano | 12 | New York, NY |
| Student of Yoojung Kim | ||
| Sophia Somers, violin | 12 | Plymouth Meeting, PA |
| Student of Larisa Odlyvanska | ||
| Sophie Li, violin | 12 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Yang Xu | ||
| Daniel Grivennikov, violin | 13 | Dresher, PA |
| Student of Larisa Odlyvanska | ||
| Arnav Joshi, piano | 14 | Princeton Junction, NJ |
| Student of Grace Dunn | ||
| Dev Shetty, piano | 14 | Fremont, CA |
| Student of Helen Lee | ||
| Audrey Nowatzyk, guzheng | 15 | San Jose, CA |
| Student of Prof. Hui You | ||
| Jenny Cho, piano | 17 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Student of Yun Hee Lee | ||
| Elya Lavi, piano | 18 | Scarsdale, NY |
| Student of Leke Salihu | ||
| Caris Zhang, piano | 19 | Vancouver, Canada |
| Student of Haiwa Ye | ||
| Karen Salicath Jamali, piano | Greenwich, CT | |
Honorable Mention Winners and other participants will be notified of their standing via email.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!